Attentions to Applicants Applying to Tobacco and Alcohol Business

1. Application forms, which can be downloaded from the website of the National Treasury Administration under Service/Download, and the attached documents provided by the applicants shall all be in A4 sized paper.
2. Application instructions and instructions for form filling attached to each application form shall be read comprehensively before completing the form.
3. Instructions for payment modes:
   1. Payment mode 1:

Please utilize the Payment System for Tobacco and Alcohol Business on the website of the National Treasury Administration, Ministry of Finance, to print out the said bills (including of examination fee, license fee, and permit fee) and choose one of the following methods to finish the payment:

1. 1. 1. No processing fee is required if a payment with its bill is paid at a counter of any branch of the Bank of Taiwan.
      2. No processing fee is required if a payment with its bill is realized at a counter of any national treasury agent bank.
      3. The processing fee is NT$8 if a payment less than NT$20,000 is paid with the bill at a convenience store including 7-ELEVEN, Family Mart, OK Mart, and Hi-Life.
      4. The processing fee is NT$15 if a payment is paid with its bill at any post office.
      5. A payment paid through transfer with automatic teller machines, online banks, or online ATMs shall be subject to a processing fee stipulated by the responsible financial institutions.
      6. A payment paid through a computer-linked e-bill transfer with an IC ATM card is subject to a processing fee of NT$10.
      7. A payment paid by withdrawing the amount from a current (savings) deposit is subject to a processing fee of NT$10.
      8. No processing fee is required if a payment is paid by scanning the Taiwan Pay QR Code on the bill.
   2. Payment mode 2:

Payments paid via inter-bank remittance in a post office or institution is subject to a processing fee stipulated by the fee standards of the post office or financial institution. A remittance form shall be completed with information including the applicant’s name.

Notes:

1. Please either choose the item “national (public) treasury bank remittance” on the remittance form, or add the wording “national (public) treasury bank remittance” on the form.
2. The remittance is subject to a processing fee stipulated by the responsible financial institution.

4. Application methods:
   1. Application Receiver’s address: Address of the Ministry of Finance: 1, Lane 142, Sec. 6, Roosevelt Road, Taipei City 116055, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
   2. Applications for issuing or reissuing a tobacco and alcohol importer license permit may be fulfilled by uploading their scanned PDF file on the website https://gaze.nta.gov.tw/dntmb/Imp_Attach.do?useLange=en
   3. Farmers or aboriginals applying to an alcohol production business shall make the application to the finance bureau of the respective local government.
5. For any questions, please feel free to contact us at 02-23228000 exts.7465~7470 for the importing business or 7457 for the producing business.